Peter Rabbit Pushchair and other minis

Hey there mini friends,

We’ve had some nice warm sun this afternoon and we’re going to have lots of nice weather this week so I’ll be out taking photos of my minis and I may even get out to enjoy some of the good weather too.  I’ve been busy and I have finished all my orders for now, not sure I’ll be taking on bespoke orders any more as I never seem to have any time to make other minis but I will still make prams that I’ll pop up for sale here.  As my orders are now complete I decided to make a few other minis and pop them up for sale so I made some little hanging baskets of flowers and then I made tiny bird feeders.  Now I’m making retro record players and then I’m doing more shopping trolleys before embarking on more baby things lol.  I’ve popped up lots of pix for you below.  Lastly, I have also put up some pictures of my last order, a little Peter rabbit pushchair made for a lovely mini friend of mine.

I’m really enjoying my artistic freedom, who knows what other minis may be created during this free flowing artistic period lol.  Hope you enjoy the pictures oh and thanks you for your comments I know I say it all the time but you really make me happy.  Oh and one last thing I’ve now started using my Etsy shop so do stop by and have a look.

Big mini hugs

Gill xx

Firstly, the Peter Rabbit Pushchair…

Now for the hanging baskets...

 

Now the bird feeders...

Pink Nursery Set

Hello lovely friends,

Firstly, thank you for your comments on my last post.  I will try and pop up the tutorial in a readable format so you can copy it.

Now I have just two orders remaining so I’m well on the way to having artistic freedom so I can make a few things from my own imagination.  I have just completed a pink nursery set for a customer.  It includes a dressed cot with drapes, removable cot sheet, cot quilt, cot bumper and frilled valance trim.  A pink pram with all the usual features, a changing mat, nappy bag, and a highchair that has a removable tray and half harness.  A mosses basket with moving hood, folding stand and matching quilt and pillow and lastly a bouncing cradle with ring fastening harness and removable toy bar.  The pictures are below, hope you like them.

Well it is a beautiful day so if I manage to get my next pram painted I will maybe do a little gardening too.  Have a lovely day whatever you are up to.

Hugs

Gill x

My Bistro Tutorial

Hello there,

Well the sun is out so for a change we have some bright, smiley weather, its minis aside and off to the garden for me later, although I may just take a few mini pictures while the weather is good.

Just a quick note to say that my tutorial for my bistro set has been featured in Dolls House & Miniature Scene magazine, June edition – see the pictures below.  It is made from very basic materials, just some card, glue and paint.  It is very easy to make and looks very effective so if you have a bit of spare time why not have a go. 

Have a nice day all, talk soon.

Gill x

Hello mini friends…

Gosh we’re half way through May already and hardly any sun BOOOOOO!  I can’t believe how fast time flys.  Well what to tell you, as always I’ve been busy but you knew that already lol.  I’ve had to spend ages trying to find the best way to send my minis to customers because the postal prices in the UK have rocketed. I’ve now resorted to some unusual packaging techniques in order to keep my packages small and the prices down.  You see a very long and very thin package is cheap to send but as soon as its goes past a certain thickness Royal Mail adds on an extra £2+!!  Daylight robbery you might say.  Anyway, for larger packages I now use a private delivery firm which has the benefit of collecting from my door so no post office trips, well there had to be one plus point lol.

Now for the bad news…. I have had to put a block on making bespoke orders until at least October when I will review the situation.  I have been bombarded with orders and as there is only one of me lol so I’ve not seem much daylight, then again there has not been much sun so I guess I’m not missing much.  Some GOOD NEWS though, I will still make some prams and pushchairs and pop them up for sale on my ‘SHOP’ page of on my (soon to be finished, with luck lol) webpage.

I should have lots of pictures of bespoke orders to show you soon but in the meantime, I made a little nursery set recently and it is available for sale on my ‘shop’ pages and there are lots of pictures below.  Hope you like them.  Now I’m off back to my work room to work hard on getting my orders finished.

See you soon.

Gill x

Miniature child-doll's stroller

Hello my lovely mini friends,

As always I’ve been bust making prams, I wish you could see them in real life because I just don’t think pictures do them justice at all.  I had a fun order (that I’ve pictured below) and it was to make this little 1/12^th scale child-doll’s toy stroller.  I scaled down to approximately half the size of a standard 1/12^th scale pushchair so I guess it would pass as 1/24^th scale.  It is meant to look like a child’s stroller though without as much ‘fuss’ as an adult pushchair would have and I think it does look child-like.  It’s still very detailed and  I’m pleased with it, if I get any time I may make a couple more. 

Thank you for all your lovely comments; I love to hear what you think of my mini creations, it spurs e on when I’m having one of those no-motivation-moments lol.  I have been toying with the idea of running some classes to show people how I make my prams; I thought I would provide the materials and perhaps have a class of around 10 or 12.  I also thought about making some kits… I am not sure how much these would cost to roll out though, still just a thought.

Well I’m planning a little holiday soon, just five days in Portugal, I like it there, it seems fairly laid back and generally has a relaxed feel to the place and with my crazy life relaxing is very much needed. I’ve not even thought about what clothes I’ll need or anything yet, I expect I’ll just rush-pack the day before knowing me lol. 

I was wondering if anyone has ever wanted something in miniature that they could not find anywhere?  I’m looking for new ideas I guess… I always like to make new and interesting things.  I am going to make some modern furniture closer to the end of the year but I’m booked up till August so it won’t be till after then.

Well, I better get back to it, got some babies to sculpt and more prams to make.

Talk soon!

Gill x